Cigar-cutter.



A. SCHWIEGER & B. 11001011.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 11.11, 1911.

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ADOLF SGHWIEGER AND BENNO DOCTOR, 0F HANOVER, GERMANY.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

PatentedMay v, 1912.

Serial N0. 620,382.

Specification of Letters latent. Application filed April 11, 1911.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, ADoLr Sorrwinonn and BENNO Doo'ron, sub ects of theKing of and 5, the cutter is pivot-ed at m and Z to the inner face ofone of the frame-members of the cigar-case A. The two frame-membersPrussia, residing at Hanover, in Germany, are shut together, prior tothe cutting of the have invented certain new and useful Imcigar, and bythe act of cutting the catch 9 provements in Cigar-Cutters, of which theis made to engage the opposite frame-memfollowing is a specification.her, and fasten the case, as shown in Fig. 5.

The object of this invention is to provide Fig. 6 shows the cutterattached to a an improved device combining the functions cigar box Bprovided, at the upper edge of of a cigar-cutter and a fastener for areits front wall, with a saddle piece 76' formceptacle such as a cigarcase, cigar box, ing a support to which the cutter is pivoted matchcontainer or the like to which the at m and Z. This saddle-piece isfixed to cutter is attached, such device being adapted the box by meansof spikes formed at its for attachment to the receptacle without anycorners o. material modification of the construction of The support maybe enlarged to afford the latter. i space for advertising purposes, andmay be The invention is illustrated in the accomprovided, as shown inFig.7, with a hinged panying drawing, in whichadjunct as which can beused as an ash-tray Figure 1 is a perspective elevation showor as aholder for an ash-tray or the like. 70 ing the cutter open, and Fig. 2 asimilar What we claim as our invention and deview showing the cutterclosed. Figs. 3, 4 sire to secure by Letters Patent of the and 5 showthe cutter attached to a cigar United States is case, open, partlyclosed and fully closed 1. A cigar cutter comprising a support,respectively. Fig. 6 shows the cutter attwo levers having pivots spacedapart on tachcd to a cigar box. Fig. 7 shows the said support, disposedso that said levers cutter provided with an adjunct adapted to can berocked toward a position of parallel serve as a holder for ash or for anash-tray alinement between said pivots, said levers or the like. havingsubstantially semicircular cutting Like reference letters designate likeparts edges disposed so that in an angular posithroughout the drawing.tion of said levers in relation to each other The device comprises twolevers, marked said .cutting edges form complementary a and b in thedrawing, furnished with parts of the circumference of a circularknife-edges c and cl respectively, conformopening, and means engagingsaid levers ing to the circumferential shape of the cigar with eachother so that by the actuation of near the pointed end. The lever a hasa one of them they can be collectively moved slot 6, and a, pin f fixedto the lever is slidso that said circular opening is closed by able inthis slot. the approach of the cutting edges toward The lever a isprovided at its free end each other. v with a finger piece n by whichthe lever is 2. The combination, with a receptacle operated and having alug g which serves having a cover, of two levers having pivots as acatch to fasten the cover of a receptacle spaced apart on saidreceptacle disposed so to which the cutter is attached. that said leverscan be rocked toward a posi- It will be understood that if the perfotionof parallel alinement between said pivrated ends it and i of the leversare pivoted ots, said levers having substantially semito a fixedsupport, and the levers are in the circular cutting edges disposed sothat in an position, in which they are shown in Fig. 1, angular positionof said levers in relation the tip of a cigar can be inserted between toeach other said cutting edges form the knife-edges 0 and d, and be cutoff by decomplementary parts of the circumference pressing the lever a,the cutter being by this of a circular opening, means engaging saidmeans folded, as shown in Fig. 2. levers with each other so that by theactua- In the arrangement shown in Figs. 3, 4, tion of one of them theycan be collectively moved so that said circular opening is specificationin t closed by the approach of the cutting edges nesses. toward eachother, one of said levers being he presence of two wit- Y ADOLFSCI-IXVIEGER. provided with a finger piece arranged to 5 serve as acatch to fasten the cover of said BENNO DOCTOR receptacle when thelevers are in the posilVitnesses: tion of parallel alinement. ERNEST C.OBERHOLTZER,

In Witness whereof We have signed this MARTA L. THOMPSON.

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